Left: Score is kept as a chukker comes to a close during the Polo on the Prairie championship polo match Saturday.

Above: Team La Karina’s John Wagner (left) and Propaganda’s Paul Hobby (right) battle for possession during a chukker (time period) in their championship polo match Saturday at the Musselman Brother’s Lazy 3 Ranch in Albany. Left: Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D., vice provost of Science at MD Anderson (left), listens as Rachel Cruz tells about her experience as a melanoma patient at MD Anderson.

Above: Fans kick back to watch the championship polo match during Polo on the Prairie Saturday at the Musselman Brother’s Lazy 3 Ranch in Albany. Left: Score is kept as a chukker comes to a close during the Polo on the Prairie championship polo match Saturday.

For a moment it looked like the Kentucky Derby when muscular thoroughbreds with silky coats sped past, their hooves kicking up clouds of dirt Saturday.